Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part V - Harness Racing Commission
Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Section 185.179 - Big Perfecta (Exacta)

(a) No Big Perfecta (Exacta) wagering shall be conducted without permission of the Commission. The races in which Big Perfecta (Exacta) type pari-mutuel wagering will be permitted shall only be those designated by the Commission and separate pools shall be established therefor.

(b) The Big Perfecta (Exacta) is a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which the bettor selects the two horses that will finish first and second in each of two consecutive races in the exact order as officially posted.

(c) Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets shall be sold only at Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows by the licensee and only from automatic double issue machines.

(d) Each bettor purchasing Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets shall designate his two selections as the first two horses to finish in that order in the first race of the two consecutive races.

(e) After the official declaration of the first two horses to finish in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), each bettor holding a ticket combining the first two horses in the exact order of finish must, prior to the running of the second Big Perfecta (Exacta) race, exchange such winning ticket for a Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket at the Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows and at such time shall select the two horses to finish in the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) in the exact order as officially posted. No further money shall be required of the holder of the ticket in order to make the exchange.

(f) No Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket upon the second race shall be issued except upon the surrender of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) ticket from the first race as described in these rules. The Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool obtained from the sales of Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets upon the first race shall be held, subject to these rules, and divided among the winning tickets of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets, subject to these rules to the contrary. Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows shall be open for the purpose of making the exchange as described only after the first race has been declared official and such windows shall close at official post time at the start of the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races.

(g) If a winning Big Perfecta (Exacta) ticket from the first race is not presented for exchange within the time provided, the bettor forfeits all rights to any distribution or refund except in the event the second half of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) is cancelled or declared "No Race" or if no exchange ticket includes either the first or second horse of the second half of the Big Perfecta (Exacta).

(h) If a horse is scratched in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races, all Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets on the scratched horse will be refunded.

(i) If a horse is scratched in the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), all exchange tickets combining the scratched horse shall become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price per dollar denomination calculated as follows: the net Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool (gross pool less commission) shall be divided by the total purchase price of all tickets combining the winners of the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta). The quotient thus obtained shall be the price to be paid to holders of exchange tickets combining the scratched horse in the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta). The entire consolation pool (number of eligible tickets times the consolation price) plus the breakage shall be deducted from the net Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool.

(j) If no Big Perfecta (Exacta) ticket is sold as a winning combination in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be divided among those having tickets including the horse finishing first or second and such distributions shall be calculated and made as a Place Pool. In such an instance the Big Perfecta (Exacta) race shall end and the pool be closed for the day.

(k) If no Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket is sold on the winning combination, the net pool shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the horse finishing first and those having tickets including the horse finishing second in the same manner in which a place pool is calculated and distributed.

(l) If a Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket combines only one of the two winners and no Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket combines the other winner, the entire pool shall be distributed as a straight pool to the holders of those tickets.

(m) If no exchange ticket includes either the first or second horse of the second half of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) the entire net pool shall be distributed as a straight pool to all holders of exchange tickets and winning combinations of the first half that have not been exchanged.

(n) In the event of a dead heat for place in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races, all Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets combining the first horse and either of the place horse shall be eligible for exchange for Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets.

(o) In the event of a dead heat for place in the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races, the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be divided, calculated and distributed as a Place Pool to the holders of Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets combining the first horses and either of the place horses. In the event of the dead heat to place and there are no tickets sold on one combination, then the other combination having the winning horses, shall be declared the winner. If no exchange tickets combine the winning horse with either of the place horses in the dead heat, the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be calculated and distributed as a Place Pool to holders of tickets representing any interest in the net pool.

(p) If for any reason the second of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races is cancelled or declared "No Race," the pool shall be calculated as a straight pool and shall be distributed among the holders of the tickets combining the first two horses of the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) otherwise eligible for Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets and also distributed to holders of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets.

(q) If there is a dead heat for the winning horse in either of the two consecutive races for the Big Perfecta (Exacta), holders of tickets combining those horses in either order will be entitled to participate in the Big Perfecta (Exacta), as prescribed in this section.

(r) Sale of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines or from one individual to another shall be deemed illegal and prohibited.

(s) There will be no coupled entries or fields in the races on which there is Big Perfecta (Exacta) wagering.